. Currie's farm and garden annual : spring 1914. Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. 34 CURRIE BROTHERS COMPANY, MILWAUKEE, German, Erbse. £ K AS French, Pois. For first early Peas sow in a light, rich soil, as early in March or April as the ground can be worked; for later varieties, sow in April or May. Discontinue sowing from June to August, after which, by sowing an extra early sort, a good crop can generally be secured. As Peas suffe
. Currie's farm and garden annual : spring 1914. Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. 34 CURRIE BROTHERS COMPANY, MILWAUKEE, German, Erbse. £ K AS French, Pois. For first early Peas sow in a light, rich soil, as early in March or April as the ground can be worked; for later varieties, sow in April or May. Discontinue sowing from June to August, after which, by sowing an extra early sort, a good crop can generally be secured. As Peas suffer considerably from, drought during the hot summer months, it will be found of great benefit to sow in a trench six inches in depth, covering the Peas to a depth of two inches. As soon as sufficient growth has been made, draw the earth about the vines. In this way more moisture is kept about the roots than if sown on the level. The wrinkled varieties are not so hardy as the smooth sorts, and should be planted later, owing to their liability to rot in the ground. One quart to 100 feet of drill. Two bushels to an acre in drills. EXTRA EARLY VARIETIES. Those marked * are -wrinkled. CURRIE'S EXTRA EARLY CHALLENGE. No extra early Pea has ever given the universal satisfaction that this one has. It is an enormous bearer and very early. The vines may be eleared off in two pickings and the ground prepared for another crop before other early varieties come into use. The pods are large and well filled with round peas of fine flavor. Pkt. 10c; pint 15c; quart 30c; % peck $; peck $; bushel $ Alaska—Extra early of superior quality. The vines grow about 2% feet and produce abundantly. Pkt. 10c; pint 15c; quart 30c; l/2 peck $; peck $; bushel $ ?SUTTON'S EXCELSIOR or Melting Marrow—A new, early wrinkled sort much like but much larger than, and superior to the old Nott's Excelsior. Its lightgreen, square-ended pods, long and broad, are uniformly well filled, avera
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